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Patented July 9, 1867.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN Be it known thatI, EZRARIPLEY, of the city of Troy, in the county of Rensselaer, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Tea-Kettles, of which the following is a suflicient description reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which- Figures land 2 are full top views.

Figure 3, a section at the line 2 z in fig. 1.

Figure 4, a section at the line 3/ y in fig. 2.

Figure 5, a top view without the cover; and v 1 Figure 6, a plan of the under side of the cover ;v all of a tea-kettle which embodies one form of this invention, like parts being marked by similarletters in the various figures.

This invention consists in making a tea-kettle with an edgewise swinging cover, A, pivoted to or upon an inwardly extended part, b, of. a rim, G, around the pouring-in opening D, in the top of the body E of the tea kettle, in combination with so constructing the tea-kettle that if the cover be partly or nearly closed, and the tea-kettle then inclined forward, as in pouring water out of the spout G, the weight or gravity of the cover will then make, or tend to make, the cover. swing shut and stay shut, so as to prevent the escape of steam upon the hand of a person using the tea-kettle.

In carrying out this invention in manufacturing tea-kettles, I make the inwardly extended part b of any suitable size and shape, and locate it at any suitable point whatever in the periphery of the rim, and pivot the cover thereon lay-means of any-suitable device or devices, and so that, in every case, the centre of gravity of the cover shall move in a circular direction at first, more or less rearward from the spout, in swinging the cover sufliciently ofi' from its closed position to allow water to be conveniently poured into the tea-kettle through the opening in its top, and employ any suitable device or devices to prevent the weight of the cover from swinging the cover oil from over the opening in the top of the tea-kettle, whenever the cover shall be closed, and the teakettle then inclined forward, as. in pouring water out of the spout; and construct the tea-kettle with either a swinging or a permanently standing bail or lifting handle.

As one mode of carrying out my said invention, I have, in the aforesaid drawing, shown, in black lines, a tea-kettle with a cover, A, pivoted to 2. lug or projection, b, on the inner side of the rim C, and at one side of the line 2 fig. 1, of the spout, and about transversely opposite to the centre of the opening in the top, by means of a collar, f, fig 4, extended loosely through, and having a head projecting over the rim of a hole, 7L, fig. 6, through the cover, and fastened to the said inwardly extended part b by a screw-bolt, z, fig. 4, andnut j, reaching through the eollarf and part b; and with a stop, I, figs. 3 and 6, so formed and arranged on the under side of the cover A, and within the rim 0', as to limit the edgewise movements of'the cover, and prevent the latter when closed, as .in figs. 1 and 3, from swinging ofi' by its own gravity toward the spoutG, when the teakettle shall be inclined forward to pour water out of the spout; and with a swinging hail, M, hinged to lugs N N, of which the rear onc, N, is lower than the rim C, so that the cover A can be swung oil by hand over the rear bail-lug when the bail is turned down, as in figs. 2 and 4. And with this construction I sometimes have the lower parts of the bail bent outward and inserted in the lugs N N, as indicated by the dotted lines at 0 o in Egg. 3, so that the cover can be swung off over the rear bail-lug, when the bail is standing as well as when it is turned down. In figs. 2 and 5 of the aforesaid drawing I have represented, by redllines, the inwardly extended part b and the cover A, pivoted thereon at various points in the periphery of the rim C, and have indicated by,

arrows in fig. 5 the various rearward directions in which the centre of the cover will at first move in being swung off from over the opening D, in case the cover shall be pivoted on the part b at the points k k k P, according to this invention. Thus, if the cover be pivoted at kin fig. 5, the centre of the cover will at first move ofi' in the direction indicated by the arrow as; or if pivoted at it, in thedirection of the arrow 21; or if at k, as indicated by one or the other of the arrows as"; or if at 7: as shown by the arrow x. And when-the cover is pivoted on the lug b, at the point 70 in fig. 5, the cover may then be swung of? inside of the circle of the rear bail-lug N, and while the bail M'in fig. 5 is standing. I

A tea-kettle constructed according to my invention, as hereinbefore set forth costs no more, and is a far more convenient tea-kettle to use, than one having an edgewise swinging cover of like form pivoted to a like inwardly ext-ended part of the rim around the pouring-in opening, but constructed so that the cover can be freely swung off from over that opening in a direction at first forward toward (instead of rearward from) the spent, and so that when the cover is partially open, and the tea-kettle then inclined forward to pour out water, the cover will remain open, and if shut and inclined, will, by its own gravity, swing partly open, and allow steam to escape on the hand of the person using the tea-kettle. And a tea-kettle which embodies my aforesaid invention generally costs less, and is less liable to have the cover broken off in transportation and use, and is no less safe against the escape of steam when the tcadcettle is inclined forward to pour out water, andtis of a more compact or close and symmetrical form, and has the part to which the cover is pivoted more'completely concealed by the cover than a tea-kettle of like capacity and material, but, having an edgewise swinging cover,

I formed with an outwardly-extended arm or neck, pivoted upon a raised projecting seat formed on the body of the tea-kettle, outside of the rim around the pouring-in opening, and so that the cover can be freely swungofl' by hand in a circular direction, at first somewhat rearward from the spout, and so that if the cover shall be partially or nearly closed, and the tea-kettle then inclined forward, theweight of the cover will make or tend to make the cover swing shut and stay shut. 1

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A tea-kettle, having an edgewise swinging cover pivoted. to or upon an inwardly-extended part, b, of a rim around the opening in the top of the tea-kettle, when the whole is so constructed that if the cover be partially or nearly closed, and the tea-kettle then inclined forward, as in pouring water out of the spout, the weight or gravity of the cover will then make, or tend to make, the cover swing shut and stay shut, substantially as herein set forth.

EZRA RIPLEY.

Witnesses:

LESLIE SMYTXI, AUsIIN F. PARK. 

